this is 9news now. >> it was a freak play. my leg got hit while i was going down. or i have a was down my leg got hit. and, it was a pretty painful experience. but, you know, prayerably i will be all right. >> redskins come from behind in overtime to defeat the ravens. but rgiii is hurt. hello, i am bruce johnson thanks for joining us many we will find out on man after an mri how bad the knee injury is to rgiii. he goes out and kirk cousins comes in and skins win at home against the ravens. kristen berset is here with the top story. >> hey, it was bitter sweetening to an epic game. robert griffin ii stages a comeback and his backup closes out the game in dramatic

fashion. let's look at how it went down this afternoon at fed ex field. rg3 coming out of the tunnel for his first beltway battle. here's play you will see over and over and over again. rgiii scrambling trying to make a play when he is hit in the knee. he was knocked out of the game and he was unable a finish the drive despite trying. but this is why the redskins drafted kirk cousins. cousins finishing off the drive with a touchdown pass to pierre. and fresh off the bench that forces overtime and mr. automatic after a long punt return this kid is special. forebath 11 for 11 on field goal attempts. redskins stun the ravens 31-28. dave owens has been out at fed ex field all day and joins us now live from landover. dave, i bet that crowd was rocking out there this afternoon. >> reporter: yeah, kb, 81,000 plus here at fed ex field they

were almost going to blow the roof off a this place no doubt about that. if there was a roof. you know what i am getting at. i will tell you what i don't remember a better game here at fed ex field and i been here for 4 plus years covering the redskins. as you said, rgiii out cousins is in. and what's the extent of the injury? they are calling it a knee sprain. rgiii addressed that after the game. >> i knew as soon as i got hit as i screamed like a man of course, but, you know, i knew it hurt really bad but like i said it didn't feel like an acl or anything like that. >> well he still has the sense of humor that's for sure. coming up later in sports, we will dive deeper into this mri. obviously it's going to be very eagerly and it is pay theed mri for redskins nation for now though we are here at fed ex field back to you in the

studio. >> thanks so much. we will hear more coming up later in sports. rgii has the mri this evening and a lot more reaction coming up later in the sportscast. bruce, it was just that kind of gasp when that happened. but at least we see the redskins have faith in cousins and we see why they drafted him to. come off the bench cold and get the game time crieive was impress knife you get the feeling it's special year for the team. >> seems like it. something changed at the bye week and they won 4 straits and go to cleveland and there's nogive mes in the league and they have to buckle down. >> and you have to rest him against cleveland so he is ready to go back in. >> they could really use him in the long run and that's he not a bad idea. we saw kirk after the tampa game and eke hold his own. >> kristen live what game battle of the beltway. fans from both teams had plenty to cheer about at times. matt watched in the middle of the both kins and ravens fan matt how did it go? >> reporter: bruce as you know

howard county long been a geographic no-man's-land in the washington area and sort of in the baltimore area and neither and the same can be said for this sports bar in laurel where i watched today's big game. >> redskins and ravens. >> reporter: a game that divided friends and family in the washington baltimore area. >> we have him celebrating his first ravens redskins. >> >> reporter: and further divide the customers of a divided sports bar in laurel. the game sports bar on scagsville road is almost exactly equal distance from fed axe field and m and t bank stadium in baltimore about 20 miles from each. as you imagine the customers here are almost exactly split between fans of the redskins and fans of the ravens. and the game ended after the redskins remarkable come from

behind victory, clearly it felt like a redskins bar at least for today. is this a redskins or ravens bar? >> hopefully it's redskins bar from now on. i know where to come now. >> it's redskins today. next week who knows but today it's redskins bar. >> reporter: the owner of the sports bar said today was one of the busiest days if not the busiest day of the year so far and for obvious reasons, he is hoping for a red skins ravens superbowl. >> okay thanks for that report. dallas cowboys defensive lineman josh brent remains in jail on a half million dollar bond tonight. police say brent was drunk at the wheel when his car crashed early yesterday in texas. killing his passenger and teammate jerry brown. in a statement from jail he said in part that i am devastated and filled with grief. i am grief stricken for his family, friends and all who were blessed enough to have

known him. i will live with this horrific and tragic loss every day for the rest of my life. cowboys quarterback tony romo talked about the crash today. >> it's something that's very difficult to deal with. people will deal with it in different ways. and you have to try to stay together as football team and family. and as friends and teammates. >> brent's attorney called the bond excessive and beyond what the cowboys authorized him to post. >> we have breaking news in the district. two people have been shot along minnesota and 19th street and there are reports a 4-year-old child is transported to children'shospital as a priority one. this is very serious. also an adult female is the other shooting victim. we have a crew headed to the scene in southeast and we will have more on that story in the broadcast if not srnl by 11 tonight. a convenience store is robbed and two employees were inside in southeast dc at the

time. surae chinn shows us a surveillance tape in a report you will only see on 9. >> reporter: he told you -- >> he told you to get down on the ground. >> yeah. >> reporter: you have your hands up. >> yeah. >> reporter: and you are thinking you are going to get shot. >> yep. that's why i was scared. >> reporter: shortly after abdul kodry. opened up the business the m and z store around 8 sunday morning a man storms in waving a gun. the crook tells him to get down on the ground. you can see abdul run off. a second man enters the store as he is putting on gloves and has a red backpack so he can stuff the money and cigarettes he is about to steal. the two men with the faces covered go behind the register making their demands. abdul's cousin opens up the register for them. >> he asked where's the money. and just he says i don't have it. >> reporter: they take the cash and cartons of cigarettes and the owner was in the process of making upgrades to the security with bulletproof glass and the door has not been put on yet.

all of these additions because they have been robbed before last december. he says two men robbed him last year around christmas. he says he doesn't believe the same men hit him twice. but he says he comes to workhears the door open and not knowing if his life will be threatened again. >> i am work now. >> reporter: in southeast surae. chinn nine news. >> the suspect is at large tonight. coming up on 9news now, this sunday night possible movement this weekend in the fiscal cliff debate. why some lawmakers are optimistic about a deal at this point. >> and it's just slightly drieseing on the terrace but more rain is on the way. much cooler today look at those afternoon highs and 47 degrees in york 48 in frederick and 52 in dc and 54 in culpepper. that's about a 12 degree drop from where you were yesterday and we did pick up a little bit

of rain. more on how much more rain you can expect coming up in the full weather forecast. >> that's so big. >> seriously

a possible sign of movement in the fiscal cliff debate. on a morning political talk show senator bob says he and other republicans senators would consider raising the top tax rates for the wealthiest americans when reforms on inteethelment spending. chuck shiewmer says he believes

they -- schumer says he believes the compromise will be reached. >> i think we will get a deal. i think everyone realizes how important it is. our economy is moving up some and not fast enough but some and to go over that cliff would be terrible. i think we will get an agreement. >> there is a growing group of folks that are looking at this and realizing that we don't have a lot of cards as it relates to the tax issue before year end. we have one house that is it and the presidency and senate and democrats hands. so, a lot of people are putting forth a theory and i think it has merit where you give the president the 2% increase he is talking about and the rate increase on the top 2%. >> you know what is at stake over 3 weeks remaining on the count down clock before some 90% of americans will see the taxes go up. and a series of tax hikes and spending cuts take effect unless the congress agrees on a plan. a just ahead -- just ahead, residents across minnesota and wisconsin digging out from a

powerful winter storm. and in this area will today's rain give way to dry skies and warmer temperatures this week? erica is back with the full forecast.

>> fact inform congress and the white house don't reach an agreement, your paycheck is going to go down. the reason, because the tax withholding in your paycheck will increase. here's back story. current payroll tax cut is set to expire on december 31st. in dollars and cents this means your payroll tax withholding is going from 4.2% to 6.2%. now why is this happening? many of the policies expiring at the end of the year like the payroll tax cut and emergency unemployment benefits were originally passed on a temporary basis. the thinking was the economy would be in much better shape by now and policies could expire without causing a recession. >> learn anymore at wusa9.com and 9news. this has been a 9news fiscal cliff note.

rain fell across the area today. folks in minnesota and wisconsin are digging out from nearly a foot of snow. winter storm is making for tough driving conditions on highways there. residents are being warned against strong wind gusts overnight. too early to ask about a white christmas. >> absolutely it's too early to ask about a white christmas. i am going to keep that out of the forecast for now. >> all right. >> but we have more rain on the way unfor the fetly this very pattern is going to stick around through tonight and then as we head into monday, big changes temperature wise. looking outside right now with the weather cam at capitol building and you can see the low cloud deck and fog redeveloping as we head into the nighttime hours. it's 48 degrees right now. the dew point almost exactly the same. wind are out of the north

northeast at 3 miles per hour. that humidity is high. so i think we will see more of that fog developing shortly and i will show outfobbing map in a second. you can see where there is fog happening. in the weather headlines we have fog and sprinkles overnight tonight a couple light showers in a few areas but most of us will have the sprinkles and it will be much milder on monday but with a cold front on the way a. chance of thunderstorms late and after that cold front sweeps through, the cooler temperatures move back in. right now it's 46 degrees in leesburg and gaithersburg and 48 in dc and manassas and andrews. 47 in baltimore. temperatures consistent right now where as yesterday at this time we had a big variable 60s in some spots and 40s in others. today it's much more consistent with the low cloud deck and the visibility is already down to 1 mile leesburg and frederick and dc and one mile visibility and you can see about everyone has reduced visibility right now with that low cloud cover and fog developing. satellite and radar shows more of that rain heading to the

north and eat. most of us -- most of this is missing us to the north and east. some tornado watches and severe thunderstorm watches chewed the -- through the south and west and i think we will see the possibility of a thunderstorm tomorrow as that same cold front makes its way towards us. on futurecast, you can see that it's just light spotty shower activity for the most part. a-as we head through the overnight hours, it will start to break up a little bit and by monday morning, just looking at clouds hanging around. and the temperatures are going to surge into the 60s. but that's trouble for when the cold front arrives. we could see some thunderstorms firing up. the map doesn't show too strong of a chance for those thunderstorms but i do think we could have thunderstorm activity after dark tomorrow. overnight tonight, just cloudy with patchy fog and showers. 44 to 48 so very mild overnight tonight. and then monday morning, it's going to start to get milder and a shower still possible in the morning hours with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. and that fog will break by mid- morning and in the afternoon, showers and the possibility of

thunderstorms especially late we are talk dinner time maybe later than that. 60 to 66 for the afternoon highs on monday. it's a yellow alert day tomorrow with a high of 65 in the district on tuesday much cooler after that front passes even a little bit breezy with the high of 51. and wednesday the coolest day of the week with a high of 48 degrees. and in the 7-day forecast, we keep it a little bit cooler but still actually above normal for this time of year. this is the coldest time of year and temperatures should only be in the upper 40s. but we are going to get back into the 50s by thursday. not too bad. >> okay. we are talking about baltimore. they got reason to be concerned tonight. >> not really they might miss out on home field advantage but a win and they will clinch the division. so not too bad. >> okay. >> it's just, well, they could be on a downward spiral and you never know. battle of the beltway didn't disappoint but it was a bitter sweetened for the redskins we have the latest on the injury to robert griin iii and --

griffin ii and the look at the incredible come -- ii and the look at incredible comeback.

and now 9 sports with kristen beerset. >> washington redskins were looking for four wins in a row and the ravens hoping a big bounce back after loss to pittsburgh. for both teams it was about bragging rights. skins win that honor but they may have a bigger loss to deal with. rgiii and redskins looking to stay is in the playoff hunt. early on it looks like it will be a shootout. griffin with all day here finds joshua morgan for the early score but the second half was a little bit different. here's the play you will see skins down 8 griffin using his legs and gets hit in the knee. looks hyperextended and it could be bad but we don't know. whoa not be able to finish the drive but the backup kg shows why the skins wanted to draft

him. big moment for cousins. he finishes off the drive with a touchdown pass to pierre and then in overtime, forebath after a long punt return with a 34-yard field goal forbath has not maced field goal he's first year guy. redskins stun the ravens. let's go out live to fed ex field where we find dave owens and i bet the redskins locker room was a joyous place to be today. >> reporter: yeah, it was a joyous place to be kb. back to that injury it was one of the injuries that even people up in the press box took a collective gasp when they saw it happened, twat like you knew it looked bad. and it looked bad and it was painful and that's what rgiii said after it. can he play next week, though? he addressed that in his post game press conference. >> i will be able to ruand do the things if it's really bad bruise. and if it's anything else, like i told coach, you know, i will fight through it and i will

play next week. >> next week is a long way away hopefully he is okay and nothing too serious and maybe he can suit up next week but if not we have more than enough confidence in cousins and we will have to get it done without him. >> he is finest a trooper. that's a tough guy. he is going to bounce back without a doubt. >> reporter: rgiii the numbers were impressive. we will see if he can bounce back 246 yards passing also the touchdown joe flacco a buck 82, 3 touchdowns and critical sacks late in the game. running backs playing well and morris over 100 yards and rice 20 carries for 121 yards as well. we will have much more coming up on the mri much anticipated mri of rgiii. hopefully we will have information on that a little later. for now we are live at fed ex field now back to you kb. >> all right. dave thanks so much. don't forget to tune in to game

on overtime tonight at 11:30 a recap of the redskins ravens showdown and expert analysis in sound from both locker rooms. we have elsewhere in the nfl cowboys playing one day after one of the teammates died in a car accident. another facing charges. fourth quarter cowboys down and romo to bryant and they pull within 2 and on the last play of the game, dan bailey who is is a 40 yard field goal cowboys get an emotional late second 20 to 19 win. and bruce won today. the giants are leading against new orleans and the nfc east could go 4-0 today the redskins needed that. >> nothing changes. >> yeah. everybody will be the same. >> all right. thanks. we will recap. >> we have more showers in tomorrow's forecast. but the biggest difference will be the temperature in the mid-60s tomorrow. and even a chance for some thunderstorms tomorrow. >> okay. >> adam morris what runner. >> and he is just as nice and humble of a guy off field for being a rookie.

he is enjoying the moment i think he is. >> a battle ship out there. >> can't stop him. >> to have him and rice going at it that's fun to watch. >> all right. okay. thanks for watching. you can get updates any time online wusa9.com and we are going to see you back here at11. have a good evening. bye.